Mitchell had just heard the news of Montgomery’s impending surgery, which could keep him out of games until 2020.

Mitchell has seen improvement this season from Sheffield, who’s 0-2 with a 3.80 ERA in five starts since getting promoted from Double-A Trenton.
He’s obviously competitive, the manager said. That’s what I love about him. One of the things I love most about him is, he’s competitive. He’s also improved his Dennis Smith Jersey fastball command. He’s just got to be more consistent. He’s working on it. His slider and his changeup are working more consistently, but he still needs to locate all his pitches well. You don’t want the hitters to just be sitting on fastballs all the time. He’s got to pitch inside, which he’s doing to righties.

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a release that last Thursday the team informed the White House that 81 individuals from the organization would be made available. The next day, she said, the team attempted to reschedule the event, citing the fact that many players would not be in attendance, but Trump had pre-existing travel plans for the proposed dates.’

Unfortunately, the Eagles offered to send only a tiny handful of representatives, while making clear that the great majority of players would not attend the event, despite planning to be in D.C. today. In other words, the vast majority of the Eagles team decided to abandon their fans.

Talks continued over the weekend, Sanders said, before Trump eventually changed course and rescinded the invitation. The White House announced Monday night that Tuesday’s ceremony would instead feature the playing of the national anthem and what Trump described Tuesday morning as other wonderful music celebrating our country.

In a statement later on Tuesday, Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins did not reference Trump or Sanders specifically but said, the decision was made to lie, and paint the picture that these players are anti-America, anti-flag and anti-military.